forum member JP stopped by and toured my garden

[subsonicdrone]

this was a couple weeks ago and the plants have grown since so i will post some more recent pics too...
JP liked my aloe barbarae and my plumeria the most i think...
the plumeria was moved outside late this season so it hasnt filled in quite yet
it was also blown over in the wind the other day and was laying on the ground but i propped it back up and it is fine
i sent him home with a basjoo and a white jade pineapple







here is JP at a toronto fuit market
he loaded up on mangoes and bananas which arent available where he lives in quebec... he also bought some small herb plants

[subsonicdrone]

i have been so busy that i havent been able to do all the plant related things i want to...
i did start to put some plants on dollies so they could be on the deck without rotting the boards



this is my aloe barbarae grown from seed... getting bigger












i didnt put enough wood chips on the basjoo in the backyard and this spring it was late to emerge
usually it comes up before the one in the front yard and gets bigger... this year it was the opposite











my galucum kind of shrank over the winter... starting to wake up now



and unfortunately i killed some of my seedlings from uganda.... now only 2 remain... this pic right before potting them up a size

[all43]

Your leaves are all looking good mate,my shorter are fine but any 8ft or taller just get shredded, that is the price of living on the cliffs top look out at sea!!

[beam2050]

my seeds from africa sprouted great, but they absolutely did not like winter.

do you get your white pineapple to fruit? do they fruit like the sourdough pineapple.

[subsonicdrone]

yes my white jade did fruit for me and produced 14 baby plants
some around the base, some below the fruit and also the one i cut off the top of the fruit
prolific and good tasting
it is like razor barbwire though and can be used in the garden as a deterrent for animals
when i brought the plant home from a nursery south of here i found a tree frog nestled in the crown .... nice safe place from predators

[cincinnana]

Everything looks amazing,lush and green.
That's one nice garden area too, still one of the best plumeria I've seen.
Thanks for the tour.

Must have missed your vegetable garden.
My tomatoes this year are the maui varieties.

[beam2050]

Originally Posted by subsonicdrone

yes my white jade did fruit for me and produced 14 baby plants
some around the base, some below the fruit and also the one i cut off the top of the fruit
prolific and good tasting
it is like razor barbwire though and can be used in the garden as a deterrent for animals
when i brought the plant home from a nursery south of here i found a tree frog nestled in the crown .... nice safe place from predators

sounds pretty much like my sourdoughs, i got 10 off 1 plant. i cant get them to fruit so far in ground, but they survive, but i have eaten quite a number of softball sized fruit in pots. if they freeze they will come back thru the roots, sometimes more than 1. and after they fruit they come back, so you probably will have 15 or more.

as for your 14 suckers. you can get them to root by just setting the bottom of the suckers in water, but it will be alot faster if you plant them in large pots with potting soil.

i beleive i might get me a couple of white jades. thanks

[JP]

Nice!

[JP]

It was about time too!🤣
Thanks again for tour time. Will definitely come back soon!

[subsonicdrone]

when the plumeria fell over one small branch broke off and i have it in soil now

[cincinnana]

Originally Posted by subsonicdrone

when the plumeria fell over one small branch broke off and i have it in soil now

Those usually are somewhat easy to propagate....I wish yours well.

[sirdoofus]

As usual your yard looks amazing...thanks for sharing!!

[subsonicdrone]

hi sirdoofus
thank you for the compliment and here is an update of the surviving seedlings
trying to decide if i will pot them up a size again
the weather has cooled off
they are just starting to show some black on the pstem






cincinnana,
i didnt answer the question about the veggie garden
we did have some beefsteak type and cherry tomatoes and volunteer tomatoes from last year
also some pepper plants, kale, lettuce, potato and some herbs but the raised beds were not filled to capacity and the veggie garden was not as big this year.. didnt get to starting some of the seeds i wanted to like okra, collard greens, amaranth, carrots, lentils turnip etc.
here are some pics of the plumeria for you
here are the branches i rooted a couple years ago... starting to get taller





also a pic of the basjoo in the backyard


and in the front yard

i did not dig any out this year so the mat should be even thicker next year


this will hopefully be a new mat... just planted a couple hours drive north of toronto
not the best location.. might be too low to the water table and freeze over winter(hopefully not)


here are my balbisianna types in the backyard


here are a couple non banana pics... my butia trunk


and my pachipodium which has come back from the dead
it rotted off at the base and i propped it up in the sand and left it alone
it is finally looking good again


and other exciting news....
my dwarf namwa is flowering
this is the pup of the one that fruited successfully for me a couple years ago
it is my 2nd flower this year.. the other one i think is my dwarf orinoco although i cant read the label so that is a guess... that one is a small plant and the bunch is failing to thrive..
the dwarf namwa that flwered was similarly small... but the pup flowering now is way bigger than the mother that flowered so hopefully i get a nice sized bunch




here is the other one that i guessed was dwarf orinoco making male flowers

[MediaHound]

great photos!
And I always love to see when members get together for meetups!
great thread